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Dr. John P. "Jack" Evans was recently honored with the General Alumni Association’s Faculty Service Award for his accomplishments and dedication to colleagues and UNC.

Given annually since 1990, the award recognizes faculty members whose service has had a lasting impact on the university and the GAA.

Evans, a faculty member in Kenan-Flagler Business School for 35 years, was dean of the school from 1978 to 1987. He has served as the interim dean twice since then and, more recently, as the university’s interim vice chancellor for finance and administration for 16 months before stepping down in late 2000.

In the mid-1970s, Chancellor Nelson Ferebee Taylor named Evans to a newly created special assistant position.

"That three-year experience gave me the opportunity to meet people inside and outside the university and to develop an appreciation for the very special relationship that exists between this university and the people of this state," Evans said. "I might have learned those things over a long period of time, but I wouldn't have learned them so quickly or so deeply."

Evans now is the Phillip Hettleman professor of operations, technology and innovation management. He also is UNC’s faculty athletics representative to the National Collegiate Athletic Association and to the Atlantic Coast Conference. He serves on the NCAA Management Council, where he is helping to shape academic reforms.

He was faculty representative to the GAA board of directors in 1999 and 2000. In 2002, he received the C. Knox Massey Distinguished Service Award, which recognizes unusual, meritorious or superior contributions by university employees.

"Happily, Jack Evans simply cannot say ‘no’ whenever Carolina calls on him to provide much-needed service," said Doug Dibbert, GAA president. "Wherever he serves and leads, Jack also inspires others with his relentless commitment to excellence and his faithful adherence to Carolina values."

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Five undergraduate courses were awarded fall 2004 Ueltschi Service-Learning Course Development Grants, which support faculty or graduate students efforts to create innovative undergraduate courses that incorporate community service.

UNC’s APPLES Service-Learning Program selected the following recipients (listed with the department or school and the course he or she will teach):

• Dr. Boka Hadzija and Ashley Sieman, School of Pharmacy, for "Topical Issues in Health Sciences" (PHCY 040);
• Marcie Fisher-Borne, School of Social Work, for "Organizing for Social Change" (SOWO 180);
• Dr. Peter Kaufman, the College of Arts and Sciences’ department of religion, for "Perceptions, Prejudice and Social Change" (RELI 99);
• Cindy Spurlock, the College of Arts and Sciences’ department of communication studies and the Carolina Environmental Program, for "Environmental Advocacy" (COMM/ENST 75); and
• Tanya Golash-Boza and Matt Ezzell, the College of Arts and Sciences’ department of sociology, for "Race and Ethnic Relations" (SOCI 22).

A selection committee of faculty, staff, community partners and students awarded the grants based on their proposals’ positive impact on the community and the integration of academic curriculum with substantive community service.

Recipients receive $8,000 to fund training, stipends, supplies and materials pertaining to the course. The course must be taught at least three times within the next five years. Jim and Jean Ueltschi, both UNC alumni, collaborated with the Office of the Provost to fund the grants.

APPLES is a student-run, student-sponsored university program that works to connect students, faculty and neighboring communities in service-learning partnerships.

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